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Costs An Arm and A Leg...
But Lasts a Hand And A Foot?!

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Renaissance Geography!
(Did I mention that early modern measurement schemes are endlessly fascinating!?)
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#NewberryLibrary i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CA…
#WyrdWednesday #woodcutwednesday Handspans and footspans are two of the smallest measurements
Going My Way?

Here's the full Geographie page, complete with a globe! From the Tableaux Accomplis de Tous les Arts Liberaux, Christopher de Savigny, 1587.
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2/? Page with a world map surrounded in an oval by all sorts of
Terrific Title Page!

It promises that the "Tableaux" (Pictorial graphics? Diagrams? Both?) of the liberal arts with their singular, summarized method will make it easier to teach these important concepts to the youth . . .

3/? Coat of arms with deer and a violent angel, under letterpres
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